Green Erasmus 2.0 project kicks off
19 January 2026
We are delighted to announce that the Erasmus+ funded project Green Erasmus 2.0, coordinated by the University of Poitiers and involving the Coimbra Group as a full partner, officially kicked off online on 16 December 2025.
Building on earlier initiatives, the project aims to foster sustainable behaviour among mobile students, develop challenge-based learning initiatives, and introduce a Green Erasmus label to support institutional transformation toward sustainable internationalisation. Through these efforts, it seeks to enhance universities’ societal impact and create lasting change in the way student mobility is approached.
A central component of the project is the creation of the Green Erasmus label, a quality framework that will encourage institutions to adopt, recognise and showcase sustainable mobility practices. To support this, the Coimbra Group will lead a community of practice to develop a standardised approach for recognising and promoting sustainability in higher education, helping bridge the current gap in common frameworks for sustainable student mobility.
An open call, launching before summer, will invite international relations offices, other university staff, students, teachers, community organisations and sustainability advocates to get involved and contribute. Additionally, a network of ambassadors will be established towards the second part of the project to amplify the project’s reach and ensure long-term adoption of sustainable practices across the higher education sector.
Green Erasmus 2.0 will offer higher education institutions and their communities a concrete pathway toward a greener, more sustainable international education ecosystem. The project, which runs for three years, fully aligns with the commitments of the Durham Declaration on Climate Change and Sustainability (March 2025) endorsed by the leadership of all Coimbra Group member universities.
The consortium, which includes as well ESN, the Technical University of Denmark and the Institute for the Development of Education (Institut za razvoj obrazovanja), held its second meeting, online, on 19 January. The first transnational partner meeting will take place in Brussels on 17-18 March.
